PAK, 

KiSC, 

STATISTICAL  BUREAU 

of 

The  foreign  Missions  conference 
of  North  America 

BURTON  ST.  JOHN 
Director 


A  Revision  of  the  “Home  Base”  Statistical  Plan 
of  the  Foreign  Missions  Conference 
of  North  America 


General 

The  purpose  of  the  “Home  Base”  statistics  is  to  measure  the  con¬ 
tributions  in  men  and  in  money  from  Canada  and  the  United  States 
for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  and  the  establishment  of  a  Christian 
community  in  areas  outside  these  countries ;  and  to  indicate  in  general 
the  extent  of  the  endeavor  with  the  methods  employed,  as  exhibited 
by  the  results  obtained  from  this  outgo. 

It  is  desired  to  present  the  facts  so  as  to  make  possible  scientific 

comparison  from  year  to  year  as  well  as  comparisons  with  similar 
reports  from  other  countries. 

It  is  planned  not  only  to  gather  statistics  for  the  current  year 
and  for  succeeding  years,  but  also  that  data  beginning  with  1901  be 
gathered  on  identical  lines. 


Time  Basis 

For  the  current  year  and  for  each  succeeding  year,  data  are  to  be 
gathered  for  each  society  for  the  year  of  that  society  ending  previous 
to  November  first.  This  will  make  possible  the  preparation  of  the 
report  in  its  final  form  so  that  it  may  be  sent  to  delegates  “at  least 
four  weeks  before  the  assembling  of  the  Conference,”  as  required 
by  the  Constitution.  It  also  will  permit  the  publication  of  the  report 
in  its  final  form  in  the  January  issues  of  such  magazines  as  desire  to 
use  it. 


In  the  preparation  of  the  statistics  for  former  years  the  calendar 
year  will  be  used.  This  will  not  invalidate  a  comparison  of  the  results 
because  very  few  reports  of  societies  are  printed  during  November 
and  December. 

The  printed  reports  of  the  society  will  be  the  basis  of  investiga¬ 
tion  i.e.,  for  the  current  year  and  for  succeeding  years  the  report  last 
published  by  the  society  before  the  first  of  November;  and  for  previous 
years  the  report  published  during  the  calendar  year  under  survey. 


Finance  Basis 

The  money  raised  at  the  “Home  Base”  will  be  reported  under  two 
headings : 

(1)  From  living  donors. 

(2)  From  other  sources;  such  as  legacies,  lapsed  annuities,  and 
invested  funds. 

All  monies  raised  on  the  mission  field  or  from  other  constituencies 
outside  the  “Home  Base”  areas  will  be  entered  separately. 

Annuity  funds  will  not  be  considered  as  part  of  the  income  until 
these  have  lapsed. 


Area  Basis 

Only  areas  outside  the  “Home  Base”  territory  will  be  considered 
in  the  field  reports.  Alaska  and  Hawaii  will  be  excluded.  Porto  Rico 
will  be  included,  however,  since  it  is  clearly  a  part  of  the  Latin 
America  area. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing  the  value  of  the  report  the  areas  in¬ 
cluded  will  be  grouped  as  follow^ : 

(1)  Europe — All  of  Europe,  excepting  Turkey  in  Europe. 

(2)  Latin  America — The  West  Indies,  Mexico,  Central  America, 
South  America. 

(3)  The  Non-Christian  World — Turkey  in  Europe,  Asia,  Africa. 

Oceania. 

(4)  Anglo-American  Communities — All  Anglo-American  com¬ 
munities  within  the  three  regions  indicated  above. 

Excepting  for  the  financial  data  the  statistics  are  to  be  exhibited 
separately  for  each  of  these  areas.  The  entry  for  each  society  will  show 

the  countries  or  special  areas  where  that  society  has  work. 


Organization  Basis 

Societies  will  be  grouped  by  ecclesiastical  families.  These 
groupings  probably  will  follow  that  of  the  Federal  Council  of 
Churches. 


“Home  Mission’’  societies  working  in  the  areas  included  within 
the  survey  will  be  reported  in  the  same  detail  as  other  societies,  but 
a  clear  notation  of  their  distinctive  character  will  be  made. 


Headings  other  than  Home  Finances 

In  addition  to  the  financial  report  the  following  items  will  be 
indicated : 

(1)  Foreign  Staff 

(a)  Ordained  men. 

(b)  Unordained  men. 

(c)  Wives. 

(d)  Unmarried  women. 

The  entire  foreign  staff  will  be  included  in  the  above  headings 
and  the  following  analytical  items  will  be  noted : 

(a)  Physicians — men. 

(b)  Physicians — women. 

(c)  Educational  staff  (giving  a  majority  of  time  to  educational 
work) — men. 

(d)  Educational  staff  (giving  a  majority  of  time  to  educational 
work) — women. 

(e)  Short  term  workers. 

(f)  Additions  to  staff  during  the  year. 

(2)  Native  Staff 

(a)  Ordained  men. 

(b)  Unordained  men. 

(c)  Women. 

(3)  Church 

(a)  Communicants. 

(b)  Other  Baptized  Christians. 

(c)  Those  under  instruction  for  baptism. 

(4)  Education 

Total  under  instruction  in  institutions  of  all  grades. 

(5)  Medical 

(a)  Hospitals. 

(b)  Dispensaries. 

(c)  Total  treatments. 

(6)  Contributions 

Native  contributions  for  church  work  (not  including  med¬ 
ical  or  educational  fees). 


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March  28,  iQiy 


